Install Vsftpd on Ubuntu

On my last post I've talked about enabling the userdir module on Apache, you can use vsftpd to give your users FTP access to their own pages, this is hoe you can install it:

aptitude -y install vsftpd

Then edit it's configuration file:

vi /etc/vsftpd.conf

And make the following changes:

# line 29: uncomment
write_enable=YES
# line 97,98: uncomment ( allow ascii mode transfer )
ascii_upload_enable=YES
ascii_download_enable=YES
# line 120: uncomment ( enable chroot )
chroot_local_user=YES
# line 121: uncomment ( enable chroot list )
chroot_list_enable=YES
# line 123: uncomment ( enable chroot list )
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
# line 129: uncomment
ls_recurse_enable=YES
# add at the last line
# specify root directory ( if don't specify, users' home directory equals FTP home directory)
#local_root=public_html
# turn off seccomp filter
seccomp_sandbox=NO

Edit the list of users that can access your server.

vi /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

Add the users you allow to move over their home directory

Finally restart the FTP service:

service vsftpd restart